<div dir="ltr">Good point about the publicity. If this idea doesn't pan out or isn't popular and we wanted to keep it Duck-themed for the sake of publicity then I'm sure we could come up with a bunch of other ideas in that same line. We could probably modify most of the ideas we have already come up with to make them duck-themed.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Ben Hallert <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ben@hallert.net" target="_blank">ben@hallert.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div class="im"><div>> A way to light it up remotely somehow would be freaking awesome. Like this digital graffiti that you can't do anything about.<br><br></div></div>Anyone have a green laser pointer handy for testing on the O from a distance? If it turns out that 10x laser pointers in a frame that's bolted to a structure can illuminate it reliably at night, that's a feasible basis. Additional benefit from the whole thing: getting both UO fan support & news coverage could bolster chances.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>

<div dir="ltr">I was initially thinking of putting the lights right on Skinne Butte. Like maybe use a bunch of those tri-color LED strips around the outside of the "O". Or putting some bright halogens facing the "O" or something. We would have to power them from some kind of battery bank of generator. I guess putting stuff up there would require some kind of permission though, which could be difficult on short notice but maybe not impossible.<div>

<div dir="ltr"><div>> What if we set it up so every time someone tweets "go ducks", the big O on Skinner butte lights up?<br><br></div>That is clever. What's a reliable way to light it up from a distance that's within our ability? Lasers? And does anyone have any suggestions regarding places to mount the illuminator?<span><font color="#888888"><br>